[Twodees]

Hey, Tommy boy had to make some serious decisions, like whether or not Henpoop brown should be a higher state of alert than Cowpoop green. He's been doin' the best he can y'know..... Sheesh. ;-)

[cidrasm]

Hey, Tommy boy had to make some serious decisions, like whether or not Henpoop brown should be a higher state of alert than Cowpoop green. He's been doin' the best he can y'know..... Sheesh. ;-)

Do you know what responsibilities come with that office? I bet you really don't. Suffice it to say, I would NOT want the job.

The job entails coordinating all of the federal, state and local authorities have something to do with counter-terrorist activies. They include FBI, CIA, DoD, FAA, etc. Departments that are kingdoms of their own and they are all supposed to give Ridge their utmost attention and resources (yeah, right).

Oh, and on top of all of that, he doesn't have a budget, that's right, he gets hand outs from the WH Chief of Staff. No budgetary money inside the beltway means no pull, no power and influence. He's lucky to get any cooperation. The White House is kind enough to have the text of the Executive Order that created this office and outlines it's duties and resources here.